Title: Use own database
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Use own database

 *  Resolved [viatrading](https://wordpress.org/support/users/viatrading/)
 * (@viatrading)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-own-database/)
 * Hi,
 * I have a table with businesses, their contacts, etc in an own system.
    I could
   export it and then import to this plugin.
 * However, I would rather edit from the own system. Is there any way I can pull
   listings from an own database through API, instead of WordPress BD tables?
 * Please let me know.
    Thank you,
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/business-directory-plugin/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/business-directory-plugin/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Business Directory Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/businessdirectoryplugin/)
 * (@businessdirectoryplugin)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-own-database/#post-7407400)
 * Hi viatrading,
 * Right now, BD requires that we use our own database schema to pull data from.
   Allowing for any arbitrary schema to be mapped would be hella-complicated to 
   support.
 * The best solution is to import your existing data into BD using CSV. We have 
   an article on that here:
    [http://businessdirectoryplugin.com/docs/#admin-import](http://businessdirectoryplugin.com/docs/#admin-import)

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